Latin America steps up its science tempo

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Scientists who receive funding from the US based Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have met in Argentina to present work undertaken in the first year of the international scholarships. Argentina has the opportunity to develop a strong domestic science base, according to David Sabatini, a cell biologist and advisor to HHMI. Real spending on research is increasing as low inflation allows grants to hold their value. Brazil is the largest research and development performer in the region, and support for science in Mexico has seen steady growth over the past 10 years.

Science and technology policy, Latin America

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Neutrino study 'needs transatlantic effort'

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Experiments involving neutrinos are extremely difficult and US particle physicists are hoping to persuade rivals in Europe to make joint studies of neutrinos. One project would send neutrinos from Fermilab in Illinois to northern Minnesota, whilst the other is a the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva, observing the result at the Gran Sasso Laboratory near Rome. However a CERN spokesman notes that the two experiments are not directly comparable.

Research, Neutrinos

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Bush favours research at Pentagon and NIH

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President George W. Bush's proposals in the 2002 federal budget have revealed an increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health and for military research and a decrease in environmental funding.

Finance, Economic policy, Budget, Budgeting, Budgets, Armed Forces, Bush, George W., United States. National Institutes of Health, 2002 AD

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